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Crete Subsidy Fraud Suspects Appear Before EU Prosecutor

Fifteen of the 16 suspects arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently collect EU agricultural subsidies in Crete through the state payment agency OPEKEPE were brought early Sunday to the offices of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Athens.

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They were given a deadline and will testify in groups from Tuesday to Thursday - Among other things, they are accused of criminal organization, money laundering, fraud against the financial interests of the European Union and the Greek State.

Criminal proceedings were brought against the 15 arrested for the ring involved in the OPEKEPE scandal in Heraklion, Crete, by the European Public Prosecutor's Office on Sunday afternoon. More...

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Fifteen of the 16 arrested were brought to the offices of the European Public Prosecutor's Office in Athens early this morning, accused of being members of a criminal organization that allegedly illegally collected agricultural subsidies from OPEKEPE in Crete. The defendants departed from Crete on Saturday evening by ship and arrived at the port of Piraeus shortly before 7 in the morning. They were then transferred, under strict security measure…

Early Sunday morning, 15 of the 16 arrested people accused of participating in the illegal collection of agricultural subsidies were taken to the offices of the European Public Prosecutor's Office on Loukareos Street... OPEKEPE: 15 of the 16 arrested people from Crete to the European Public Prosecutor's Office (video) - NAFTEMPORIKI

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According to information, on Sunday morning, the arrested will initially be taken to the headquarters of the European Public Prosecutor's Office and from there they will be transferred to the courts of the former Evelpidon school where they are expected to request and receive a deadline to apologize.

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